The
Tampa Museum of Art has a new director -- Michael Tomor, now
the head of the El Paso Museum of Art in Texas.
He starts April 15.
According to the
El Paso Times, Tomor has led the museum in his hometown for
nine years. He'll take over a museum that has about the same amount
of exhibit space and -- with 80,000 to 100,000 visitors a year --
about 10 percent higher attendance. During his tenure in El Paso,
he has tripled the museum's sponsors and doubled its
membership.
In 2014, according to Tampa Museum of Art officials, Tomor
developed a two-year long visiting series with New York's
Guggenheim Museum of Art, the first partnership of its type...

The
Tampa Museum of Art has a new director -- Michael Tomor, now
the head of the El Paso Museum of Art in Texas.
He starts April 15.
According to the
El Paso Times, Tomor has led the museum in his hometown for
nine years. He'll take over a museum that has about the same amount
of exhibit space and -- with 80,000 to 100,000 visitors a year --
about...

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It's deja vu all over again. As of 7 a.m., Tampa International
Airport (check your flight status here) was reporting 17 cancelled
flights to the snowed-in Northeast. If you were supposed to be on
one of them and are now contemplating another night in the
beautiful (and snow-free) Tampa Bay, we have...

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It’s time for the Ides of February, as in rides and
deep-frieds. The Florida State Fair has returned to its home in
Tampa Bay. It’ll be at the Florida State Fairgrounds just east of
town through Feb. 16, so don’t miss your chance to get your piece
of the sprawling festival -- from the thrill rides...

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February kicks off Tampa Bay's Gasparilla Season, two months filled
with festivals, parades and parties all over the region. Any of
these events will help you #UnlockTampaBay. Lights on
Tampa (Feb. 20-21) brings an explosion of creativity
to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and Kiley Gardens.
Chicago...

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Upscale Mexican restaurant Hablo Taco is the latest addition to
Tampa Bay's Channelside Bay Plaza. Offering Mexican "Sol" Food, the
menu is written in laid-back Spanglish. The doors open at 4 p.m.
How do you say "Happy Hour" in Spanish? Hablo Taco is part of the
reinvention of Channelside Bay Plaza...

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Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo has welcomed 40 craftsmen from Zigong in the
Sichuan province of China. They'll spend the next few weeks
construction a traditional Chinese lantern festival on the grounds
of the zoo. Zoominations: A Chinese Lantern Festival of Lights
opens Feb. 28 and will run for three...

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Things at Hogan's Beach, the Tampa Bay venue owned by professional
wrestler Hulk Hogan, are about to get quieter. The club has agreed
to city requests that it stop holding concerts after neighbors
complained. The club hosted DJ Skrillex for a show in
October. It held it's New Year's Eve party in a...

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South Tampa, Tampa Bay's home of the Epicurean Hotel, Palma Ceia
Golf and Country Club and Bayshore Boulevard, has made Thrillist's
list of "The 10 Sexiest Neighborhoods in America." Tampa Bay's
toniest address is in good company. The list also includes Buckhead
in Atlanta, South Bay in L.A. and...